Railway-rail joint.



No.'843,918. PATENTED FEB.12',1907.'

J. c. WALLACE.

RAILWAY RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2 ,1906.

JAMES c. WALLACE, or enliven, cotosiin No. seems.

. improvements in Railway-Rail Joints; and l do declare the following tobe a full, clear,

voi the class set forth in Le to beer against the rails, whereby the andexact description cf the invention, sucl es will ena-bleothers skilledin the art to which it epperteins to make eml use. the same, referencebeing had to the accompenying'drewings, end to the letters and. figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification;

My invention relates to rsilw y-reil. joints Patent No.

731,638, dated June 23, $95? My present ll'lVtIlt-ML. is en structionshownin the replacing of another.

in the construction in n y storesconsidemblc diiiiculty has been inapplying the same to is already ieid, since the joint is an integraldevice. Another dilliculty experienced by the use of the constructioncovered by the eior patent is due to the feet that in order to n'iel'zethe joints tight upon the rails they would have to be constructed it soclosely that some of the rails would not enter, owing to 3V slightdiil'erence in the size oi dili'erent rails. Hence my presentimprovement provides means for doing away with this di'lliculty, andconsists oi the use of set-bolts or machinescrews in connectien withloch-nuts, the said bolts being threaded in the joint and made ietter\Cixllfi mcy be held tigi tly within the joint, the rails without thebolts would lit loosely.

iieving brieily outlined my improvements, as well the function theyintended to perform, l will proceed to describe tin same in detail,IGiWfiIl-JE being made to the ec conipcnying ings, in wh' en embodimentthereof.

In the drawings, Figure l is e. perspective view of my device shown inconnection with two rails, the latter being shown in dotted lines. inthis view the removable member of the rail-joint is detached. Fig. 2 isa. perspective view oi the removable member ,h is illustrated quiteSpecification of Letters Patent Application filed Jenuarv 26, 1906.Serial No. 297.959..

RsHLWAYe-RML denier.

, .Pat'ented Feb. is, 1907.

open at its opposite ends to receive the rails 6, which abut against astop 7. with which the rail-joints are provided. Thisstop is formedintegral with the larger member of. the device. The removable member,which I will designete by the numeral 8, cooperates with the largermember to complete the rail-joint 'on one side of the stop. it isconnected with the base of the larger member by meen:-. of stud-bolts 9,which pess throngh lugs 10, formed on the member 8, and cooperating:lugs 12, formed on the base of the larger member. If it is desired toapply or these devices to the rails of a track already laid, it wouldonly be necessary to remove the spileesol' the rails suiiicientiyto-ellow one rail to be pushed in one direction end the other in theopposite direction suiiiciently toiepply the larger member to the end oi'one rail, The other rail could thenhe thrown into position. Then byapplying the member 8 the joint will be complete.

The rail-joint is provided on opposite sides with threaded openingsadapted to receive set-bolts 14, which when screwed to position engagethe flanges of the rails 6 and press the letter downwardly against thebase oi the joint. ,Then by turning the lock-nuts 3.3, which arethreaded on the bolts, to cause them to engage the joint on the outsidethe bolts will be held securely in the adjusted position.

From the fiiregoing description the use and operation of my improveddevice wiil e readily understood. In laying new track oi course the bodyor larger member of the t would be applied to one end of e reii, whichthe other end is pieced in position, the two ediecent ends abuttingagainst the stop 7, while the flanges oi the device cngege the web ofthe rail on opposite sides. in laying new track the removable member 8may, if desired, be left in place, since the mi? end may be inserted inthe'joint'af designate my improved ter the shown in deteil. Fig.3 is 2.top view of the complete joint applied to a pair of rails.

letter is applied to the other rail Howthe old joint may be removed anda new one snpplicd'withvery little difliculty. It will he understoodthat it will be quite easy after removing a number of the spikes (notshown) which hold two abutting rails in p ace to move these railslaterally sulIi-g eiently to make it entirely practicable to apthejoint, assuming that the removable -ihjember is detached After the railends I are n osition the removable member may be ly-and easily. applied.

, aving thus described my invention, what I. claim .is

-;.side, said plate being of a length equal to the I. Arail-jointcomprising a device shaped to conform to the shape of therails and open at, both ends to receive the rail extremities to bejoined, the device being open at the top allow the to of the rail toroject above, and closed at t e bottom, whic 1 forms a support for therail, the said device being provided with a removable angle-plate on oneI 'length'of one of the railends inclosed by the joint.

2, A rail-joint comprising a device shaped to conform to the shape ofthe rails and open at both endsto receive the rail extremities to seamsbe joined, the joint including a removableangle-plate on one side, saidplate being of a 1 length equal to the length or one of the rail 1 endsinclosed by the joint, and bolts threaded in the joint and whose innerextremities engage the flanges of the rails for the purpose set forth.

3. A rail-joint comprising a device open at both extremities to recevethe rail ends, the said device being provided'on one side with aremovable angle-plate ofn length equal to the joint.

4. A rail-joint of the class described com- .Witnesses;

DENA NELSON, .A. J. QBRIEN length of one of the rail ends inclosed bythe prising a device open at both ends to receive

